In an inspiring journey from dreamer to doer, one astrophotographer has taken his passion for the stars to new heights ...

Staff from Astrometric Instruments out of Vermont are scheduled to visit campus the Monday before Thanksgiving to replace the controllers that operate the observatory dome, which will allow for ...

Lynch, ’58. The observatory’s 15-foot dome was built in 1968, and while it happens to be home to one of the largest telescopes on the East Coast, it was largely underused for decades. Mr. Lynch, who ...

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As an amateur astronomer, he built his own observatory, north of Minneapolis, where in 2006 he imaged light from a star that exploded, creating a gamma-ray burst, eleven billion years ago.

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If you're a fan of the movie "The Dish", stopping to see the observatory is a must-do ... with its 4 metre mirror and located under the "big dome" which is 7 storeys high and weighs over 500 tonnes.